In a conversation with Kingdom FM, a police officer who wants to remain anonymous spoke about the fact that due to the increase in the killing of police officers in the country, they are all in fear and panic especially for the junior ranks since they are the ones that go on the field.
He added that due to insufficiency in logistics, their lives are always in danger, adding they need protective vest to protect their lives.
He continued that, aside they being in uniforms as police officers they are humans like we are (civilians) and they have families who also care about them though they have vowed to protect the people and things in the country. He pleaded that their logistics like the AK47 should be upgraded.
“Our logistics like the AK47 should be upgraded because robbers now use sophisticated weapons thereby overpowering us during combat” he added.
He furthered by pleading with Ghanaians to help identify people who we suspect in the neighborhood to the police, by so doing bad people will be taken away from our community to save lives and protect properties.
He stated that, during combat or arrests, civilians look on and sometimes record and send it to the various social media platforms to laugh and ridicule the policemen, while they could have joined in apprehending the culprits.
He furthered that, that behavior by Ghanaians really is a worry to police officers.
He lamented on the fact that even where to place their heads after a hard day’s work is a problem.
“Even where to place our heads after a hard day’s work is a problem; police officers occupy dilapidated rooms with their families, which in all do not help them at all,” the officer added.
He therefore pleaded with both the police service and the government to come to their aid in other to serve the country better.
Cobby Sackitey
